How To Turn Your City Blue

Fundraising Events

We suggest you allow at least six months to plan a large public event. We also recommend that you hold one large event rather than a few smaller events in a short period of time. This has been proven more successful in the past.

Choose from one of the suggested fundraisers below or come up with your own idea. Form a committee of at least three people to plan this specific event.

Hold a dress-down day at the office.

Talk to human resources about having a denim day one day where employees are allowed to dress casually at work if they wear blue and donate $5-10 to the Colon Cancer Alliance.

Be sure to distribute information about colon cancer and screening to each employee.

Plan a profit share night at a local restaurant or bar. You’re likely to get the best response somewhere where you know an employee or go often.

Visit or call and ask to speak with the manager or owner about holding a fundraiser for charity there. Here are some suggestions for what to ask for:

15% of a night’s profits

15% of drink sales for a weekend

Offer blue drink specials with 100% of proceeds going to the CCA

Host a fundraiser where you can sell raffle tickets

100% of cover charge for a night

Invite all your friends and family. Create a flyer and post at work, school, stores… all over town!

Put together a blue costume contest at work to see who can be the most creative! You may charge a $10 fee to enter the contest or collect donations as votes ($5 = 1 vote for example). Contestants must wear blue to be eligible.

Hold a yard sale and donate all the profits to the Colon Cancer Alliance. Be sure to give an informational leaflet to each customer!

Organize a coffee fast. For every day someone goes without coffee, ask them to donate the money they would have spent on the purchase ($3-5). If you do this at work, create a chart showing everyone’s progress to spark a bit of competition and a sign advertising the fast to go at each participant’s desk. Encourage everyone to go 1-2 weeks.

Some of the most successful events we’ve seen are:

Golf tournament

Silent auction

Snowmobile tour… get creative!

Collecting Raffle Prizes/Auction Items

Gift cards are a great prize. Visit a local restaurant, movie theater, salon or masseuse, shop, etc. and ask if they would be willing to donate a gift card or certificate for services.

In exchange, you can promote them at your event and each raffle ticket purchaser will see their name. If you create a flyer, you can put their logo on the flyer.